KANSAN REVIEWS
CONCERTS: warm, exciting
By KENNETH CUMMINS Kansan Reviewer
Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers successfully overcame the distance between themselves and the audience Saturday night in monstrous Allen Field House to present a warm, exciting and often humorous performance. Peter, the more personable of the trio, gave the standout performance of the concert in his moments alone with the audience. He sarcastically commented on the distortion of the meaning of the lyrics of his songs, such as "Puff the Magic Dragon," and then enjoined the audience of 11,000 strong in the chorus of "Day is Done." Paul Stookey also had his brief moment alone with the audience but didn't come across as well as he has in the past.
The concert gave a brief glimpse back into the recent history of folk music, and surprised many who had anticipated that the folk trio had lost its ability to communicate with a college audience. Peter, Paul and Mary were around when it all began eight years ago, asking the questions in Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind." They are still around today and still questioning the relevancy of old traditions and society in songs such as "The Great Mandella" and "Too Much of Nothing."
But although much of the group's material is political in content they don't use their concerts as lecture podiums for their ideology. Instead, their ideas are wrapped up in some very good numbers, songs such as "There's a Man Goin' Round Takin' Names," a strong song performed by Peter through which the message comes across better than through a tongue lashing or through very poor material disguised by popular political comment. The trio also performed many tender ballads such as "Motherless Child" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
The concert presented a panorama of the group's development and the recent surge in the development of folk music as they performed their most popular songs from "If I Had A Hammer" to the more recent "Leaving on a Jet Plane." But it was more than just a concert featuring the folk trio. It was a concert in which Peter, Paul and Mary reached out to the audience and encouraged their participation in the performance, too.
RECORDS
By WILLIAM D. LAFFLER
By WILLIAM D. LAFFLER NEW YORK (UPI) — Record companies are able to get more mileage from hit songs that have disappeared from the charts by putting them in new packages.
This technique has its good points. It enables the fellow who has just bought a stereo set the opportunity of buying several hits on a single LP.
"The Sandpipers" Greatest Hits," is a good example of this kind of packaging. This trio has been consistently good over the years and those who have collected
Best sellers
Fiction
THE FRENCH LIEUENANT'S
WOMAN-John Fowles
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT—Graham Greene
LOVE STORY—Erich Segal
TUY SANG
THE GODFATHER--Mario Puzo
THE MAMLER'S PLANET--S aul I
Bellow
THE GANG THAT COULDNT SHOOT STRAIGHT-Jimmy Breslin THE ANDERSON T A P E S-Lawrence Sanders
SANDERS
THE HOUSE ON THE STRAND—
Depth House
A BEGGAR IN JERUSALEM—Elie Wiesel
THE INHERITORS-Harold Robbins
Newspaper
Nonfiction
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE AL-
WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT
SKX-Y-
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS—Antonia Fraser
THE SELLING OF THE PRESIDENT 1904-1905, NO. 13
THE SELLING OF THE PRESIDENT 1968—joe McGinniss
THE GRAHAM KERR COOKBOOK
-Graham Kerr
THE AMERICAN HERTAGE DIC TIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANG UAGE—William Morris, editor-in-chief
THE PETER PRINCIPLE—Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull
RUFFLES AND FLOURISHES—Liz Carpenter
IN SOMEONE'S SHADOW—Rod McKuep
PRESENT AT THE CREATION—Dean Acheson
their albums probably don't want to part with them. But the newcomer may not want to buy more than one of The Sandpipers' albums so in this reprise they will find an excellent buy.
"Guantanamera" was one of The Sandpipers' biggest hits and naturally it is a highlight of this collection which includes "Cuanido Sali de Cuba," "Yesterday," "Quando M'Tnamore" and others.
Tanks were first used effectively by the British in World War I.
"The ROAD"—An award-winning Chinese film, presented by the East Asian Studies Department. Directed by Li Hsing; 1968. (8 p.m., Dyche Auditorium)
On campus this week
**STUDENT RECITAL—Robert Waugh, violin. (8 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall)**
MONDAY
TUESDAY
"THINGS TO COME" (KU Film Society)—A British fantasy of life in the future, based upon H. G. Wells' novel The Shape of Things to Come. Directed by William Cameron Menzies; 1936. (7 p.m. only, Forum Room)
"THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES" (KU Film Society) - Another British fantasy from a Wells story. This one is about an obscure clerk with amazing powers. Directed by Alexander Korda; 1936. (9 p.m. only, Forum Room)
"SAN FRANCISCO" (Special Films)-A magnificent piece of movie nostalgia: Clark Gable, Jeanette Macdonald, Spencer Tracy and a spectacular earthquake. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke with all the glamour and polish M-G-M could spare; 1936. (7 and 9, Dye Auditorium)
Also segments from
'THE FURTHER PERILS OF
LAUREL & HARDY"
Eve. 7:15 - 9:15
Adults 1.50, Children 75c
ENDS TUESDAY
THE Hillcrest3
HUMANITIES LECTURE — Germaine Bree, professor at the University of Wisconsin will speak on "Beckett's Strange Voyager: Fiction and the Modern Consciousness." (8 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium)
STUDENT RECITAL—A performance of original compositions by Tony Cius. (8 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall)
WEDNESDAY
“THE MAN WHO HAD HIS
HAIR CUT SHORT” (Classical
COLUMBIA PICTURES presents A FRANKOVICH PRODUCTION
consider the possibilities
NATALIE WOOD ROBERT CULP
The first successful application of an artificial heart-lung machine was in 1953.
BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
ELLIOTT GOULD DYAN CANNON
R University of Auckland Auckland Uni Place 4327
G University of Auckland Auckland Uni Place 4327
Eve. 7:10 & 9:10
Adults $1.50
Hillcrest
Apr. 20
1970 KANSAN 5
**STUDENT RECITAL—Nancy Watson, piano. (8 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall)**
Film)—A Flemish picture about a teacher's slowly growing obsession with one of his students. Directed by Andre Delvaux; 1966. (7 and 9, Woodruff Auditorium)
THURSDAY
"GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933"
Matinee Daily 2:30
Evening 7:15 - 9:35
SPRING WEEK
(Special Films)—A sumptuous musical with Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, and, of course, choreography by Busy Berkely. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. (7 and 9, Dyche Auditorium)
THURSDAY
STUDENT RECITAL—Steve Robinson, voice. (8 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall)
JANE FONDA
BEST SUPPORTING
ACTOR GIG YOUNG
SUSANNAH YORK
NOMINATED FOR 9
ACADEMY AWARDS
ENDS TOMORROW!
NOMINATED FOR TEN ACADEMY AWARDS